Bum. 1993.
India ink drawing.
Titled and dated in lower left. Signed in lower right. On wove paper (with blindstamp). 31.7 x 24 cm (12.4 x 9.4 in), the full sheet. [AW].

• The human figure and the portrait are at the center of Dumas' oeuvre.
• Most of her works are based on her own photographs or on media images.
• In 1995 she took part in the Venice Biennale and in 1982 and 1992 in the documenta in Kassel
• Works by the artist can be found in renowned international collections like the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Art Institute of Chicago, Tate Gallery, London, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

We are grateful to the Archive Studio Dumas, Amsterdam, for their kind expert advice.

PROVENANCE: Produzentengalerie Hamburg.
Olbricht Collection, Essen/Berlin (acquired from the above in 2000).

EXHIBITION: Holtegaard Breda-Fonden, Holte, 2002.
Rockers Island, Museum Folkwang, Essen, May 5 - July 1, 2007.
Queensize. Works from the Olbricht Collection, Museum Arnhem, Arnhem, February 13 - May 16, 2016.
Künstlerinnen der Olbricht Collection zu Gast bei Ketterer Berlin, Ketterer Kunst, Berlin, September 7 - November 11, 2023.

LITERATURE: Axel Heil, Wolfgang Schoppmann (eds.), Most wanted: The Olbricht collection. Some recent acquisitions, Cologne 2005, p. 41 (illu.).